Comedian Steen Raskopoulos’ show I’m Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business is getting an encore performance following the smashing success at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. The show will be on again at The Comedy Store on July 12 for those who missed it.
Steen is considered one of the most exciting emerging stars of Australian comedy and won Best Newcomer, 2013 Sydney Comedy Festival and was a
nominee Best Newcomer 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Be sure to support him before he takes his show to the illustrious Edinburgh Fringe.
A one-man sketch comedy, I’m Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business is a showcase of elaborate characters, physical comedy and unbiased awesomeness, written and performed by a man frequently called ‘Steve’.
Growing up in a half-Greek, half-Australian household, Steen remembers learning how to perform just by watching his dad and pappou talk.
“With any conversation that we watched as kids around the table, especially when they were speaking in Greek, you could see they were so energetic,” he says.
“They weren’t even arguing – ‘THIS MEAL IS AMAZING!’.”
You can’t know for sure if there’s a little bit of pappou Raskopoulos in his technology confused character Stedios.
Away from his comedy and improv shows, Raskopoulos dabbles in writing and acting. His show This is Littleton on the ABC includes a short skit with Stedios and his Greek friend Vasili.
The two meet on a bench and in broken English, discuss technology they don’t understand.
“The first episode is about Snapchat, the second is about the Cloud and we do Angry Birds and Trojan viruses,” he says.
I’m Wearing Two Suits Because I Mean Business will be on at The Comedy Store for one night only on July 12.